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Quote by Kiri Te Kanawa
Opera is not elitist. Most of us are from very ordinary backgrounds.
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The speaker rejects the idea that opera belongs only to wealthy or highly educated people. “Not elitist” means it should not be treated as an exclusive art form. By pointing to ordinary backgrounds, the speaker emphasizes that the people involved in opera are not fundamentally different from the wider public.
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